Happy (somewhat belated) New Year!

Welcome to the lovely 2010! Can you believe it? It has been 10 years since the Y2K freak-out happened. Well it is official Mike and myself had our first New Years Eve together. I know what you are thinking, weren't you dating/almost engaged at that point last year? Yes we were, but I had to work. I was at Mille Lacs, Hinckley, Webster, and the Mall of America all week that week, and when the clock struck 12, I was tearing down the decor at Mall of America. So I didn't even know it had happened until Mike texted me a little after 12.

This year we spent the New Year with friends and a little family (sister/brother-in-law). It was fun to see how "normal" people celebrate (by normal I mean those who don't work on New Years). And it was extremely relaxing. Since then Mike has worked, it was his weekend to work and so I stayed home and started painting. We decided to start working on the rest of the house now that the New Year had begun. So Saturday I worked on the hallway and entry way (which Mike helped a lot with too....I'm not a tall person). And then yesterday I worked on the upstairs bathroom. That was a tedious job; covering a dark turquoise with a creamish-yellow. But it is done and now we can move downstairs. There is only a little of the kitchen and the upstairs bedroom left! booya!

Now on to resolutions. I have only made 1 resolution in my life; to not drink pop for a year which was more to prove to everyone I could quit drinking pop for that amount of time rather than to make a resolution with a change towards the healthy. But this year I have thought of one (not that I had made any steps towards it yet), and it is one where I am daily committing myself to be more loving, more caring, and earnestly seeking after the will of God. I know that is what we are called to do as Christians and that is what I hoped to have been doing all along. But I think at this time of year it is always nice to remember what we are here for. Why am I placed in Hutchinson, the town I grew up in to do ministry. Why not some remote area where the "true missionaries" go? These are the questions that are placed in front of me constantly and I think unintentionally I overlook them. I know that happens with everyone too, what have you overlooked today? What gifts or abilities has God given you to do a job that he has instructed only you to do? So Mike and my hope and prayer is that we may be constantly growing in the Word and growing towards what God has called us to be. That we may be an example of how to love the way that Christ loved the church and how God loved all of creation. Blessings on your New Year! Pray that this challenge I have placed before me is one that I constantly remind myself of. Only in support can we fully accomplish what we were meant to be.

Following HIM and much love,

Amy and Mike